²⁰“The person who ^asins will die. The ^bson will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the ^crighteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

²¹“But if the ^awicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

²²“^aAll his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his ^brighteousness which he has practiced, he will live.

²³“^aDo I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked,” declares the Lord God, “¹rather than that he should ^bturn from his ways and live?

²⁴“But when a righteous man ^aturns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? ^bAll his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his ^ctreachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die.

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Ezekiel 18:20: The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

Footnotes

1Lit is it not

Cross references

a 2 Kin 14:6; 22:18–20; Ezek 18:4
b Deut 24:16; Jer 31:30
c 1 Kin 8:32; Is 3:10, 11; Matt 16:27; Rom 2:6–9
a Ezek 18:27, 28; 33:12, 19
a Is 43:25; Jer 50:20; Ezek 18:24; 33:16; Mic 7:19
b Ps 18:20–24
a Ezek 18:32; 33:11
b Ps 147:11; Mic 7:18
a 1 Sam 15:11; 2 Chr 24:2, 17–22; Ezek 3:20; 18:26; 33:18
b Ezek 18:22; Gal 3:3, 4
c Prov 21:16; Ezek 17:20; 20:27